© Lora Denis
It seems we can add smaller birds to the growing list of impacts climate change is already having on the planet’s flora, fauna and habitats. A joint Swiss–U.S. study of nearly half-a-million birds, from more than 100 species, has found that birds are becoming lighter and developing smaller wings. Based on a hunch, the researchers ...
2009 Ontario Nature Conservation Award Winners © Michael Wynia
Ontario Nature Conservation Award winners: (from left to right) Brendon Larson, president of the Ontario Nature board (on behalf of Vic Orr), Emily Conger (A2A), Megan Wilcox, Clarke Birchard, Cameron Smith, Dan Bissonnette, Gideon Foreman (CAPE), Tys Theysmeyer (Cootes to Escarpment Parks System), Jack Gingrich The Ontario Nature Conservation Awards recognize excellence by honouring individuals, ...
While Arthur C. Clarke may have predicted that 2010 will be “the year we make contact,” the United Nations is asking us to take a more inward looking approach, declaring the coming 12 months to be the International Year of Biodiversity. In advance of that, researchers in Australia have completed a monumental effort, compiling data ...
Agawa canyon, Algoma Region © Joe Ross
A unique land use partnership north of Sault Ste. Marie has resulted in the long-term protection of one of Ontario’s highest points of land. With its twin peaks rising some 360 metres above the surrounding terrain, King Mountain is the focal point of the Algoma Highlands, a swath of rolling terrain stretching for 120 kilometres between ...
Lake Superior © David P. Lewis/Shutterstock
Joel Cooper can’t say enough about the big lake that looms just outside the patio doors of his modest year-round home near Wawa, Ontario. “Lake Superior has captured my imagination and dominates my life,” says Cooper, a retired Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources employee who lives on Michipicoten Bay and dedicates countless volunteer hours to ...
Laurel Creek Conservation Area © Carl Hiebert / Grand River Conservation Authority